Arcelor Mittal and Harley Davidson recruit ATTC students

GANGTOK, 15 July: A number of final year students of ATTC Bardang have found placements in reputed companies this year. First to start the campus drive for the 2012 batch was Yorozu JBM TN Pvt Ltd, a Japanese joint venture company based in Chennai to manufacture car chassis for Indian operation, recruited 16 final year students. 
Next in the line was Makino India Pvt. Ltd, a Japanese machine manufacturer based in Bangalore which selected 2 Mechanical Engineers. Arcelor Mittal Dhamm Processing Private Limited, a unit of world’s largest steel manufacturer, operating from Chennai conducted their second campus recruitment at ATTC and selected 4 students this year.
MAHLE Filter Systems (India) Limited, a German joint venture company based near Delhi ,was yet another company this year  to explore the technical human resource of ATTC wherein they recruited 8 of its students. Harley-Davidson initially shortlisted four final year students based on academic performance and conducted the interview in Delhi and finally hired one of them.
A press release informs that placement for final year students is still underway and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has scheduled to conduct Off-Campus recruitment at Kolkata on 23 July. Victor India Ltd is scrutinizing the resume through emails and have shown interest to hire through telephonic interview.
Outgoing students who have finished their 3 year diploma courses are groomed to be skilled technicians suitable for potential employment within and outside the state, the release mentions.
“In general it has been observed that majority of passing out diploma engineers from ATTC have opted to pursue higher studies through Lateral Entry Scheme rather than joining industries right away. Parents from working background have expressed their support for their ward to go for higher studies”, said Training and Placement Cell in-charge, Lochan Adhikari as per the release.
“If any local company in Sikkim have requirement of Diploma Engineers, they may contact Placement Cell of ATTC for data base of candidates” he adds.
ATTC has put its maximum effort to reach the companies and inviting them to Sikkim for recruitment, however, the geographical location and the time required to conduct the recruitment process is still a concern to many big brands even though they have identified us as a potential institute to support them in technical human resource, the release further adds.